linux-kernel - Re: Documentation for CLONE

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Date:	Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:27:33 -0500
From:	"Michael Kerrisk" <mtk.manpages@...glemail.com>
To:	"Pavel Emelyanov" <xemul@...nvz.org>
Cc:	"Kir Kolyshkin" <kir@...nvz.org>, linux-man@...r.kernel.org,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Documentation for CLONE_NEWPID

Hi Pavel,

[...]

>> *** Here's where I make the point about each process having multiple PIDs"
>>
>>>> +The existence of a namespace hierarchy means that each process
>>>> +may now have multiple PIDs:
>>>> +one for each namespace in which it is visible.
>>
>> I added some words here:
>>
>> "each of these PIDs is unique within the corresponding namespace".
>
> Correct.

Thanks for the ACK.

>>>> +(A call to
>>>> +.BR getpid (2)
>>>> +always returns the PID associated with the namespace in which
>>>> +the process was created.)
>>> I don't thinks it's a good example - the getpid cannot be called
>>> for other process other than current :)
>>
>> It wasn't meant as an example.  The point was, with a process
>> potentially being a member of multiple namespaces, the reader might
>> wonder: what does getpid(2) return?  This sentence was intended to
>> clarify that.  With that explanation, does this sentence now seem
>> okay?
>
> Yes, but I'd change "was created" into "lives in". From my POV this
> sounds more clear. I do not insist however :)

Done.

Thanks,

Michael

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